§33-5-34. Fees of arresting officer.

When an arrest for violation of the provisions of this article or regulations promulgated thereunder is made by a salaried officer not employed by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the defendant is convicted, there shall be taxed as cost the same fee as a sheriff in this state is entitled to for similar services and if collected from the defendant it shall be immediately remitted by the trial court directly to the treasurer of the county in which the offense occurred. When an arrest for violation of the provisions of this article or regulations promulgated thereunder is made by a salaried officer of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the defendant is convicted, there shall be taxed as cost the same fee as a sheriff in this state is entitled to for similar services and if collected from the defendant it shall be immediately remitted by the trial court directly to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, which fee shall be deposited to the credit of the Water Safety Fund. If the officer making the arrest be a nonsalaried officer and if said fee is collected from the defendant, said nonsalaried officer shall be entitled to said fee; provided, that no person shall be entitled to receive an informer's fee; and, further provided, that no fee shall be allowed in cases of acquittal. In the event the arrest is made by a county officer, salaried or nonsalaried, 50 percent of the fine shall be remitted to the credit of the county treasury of the county in which the offense was committed, and the remaining 50 percent of the fine shall be remitted to the State Treasury for deposit to the "State Water Safety Fund." In the event the arrest is made by an officer other than a county officer, the fine shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for deposit to the "State Water Safety Fund."

(Acts 1959, No. 576, p. 1442, §31.)